December 28 – Holy Innocents' Day in Mexico

Posted
on December 28, 2015

Today
in Mexico many people play jokes on others, pull funny pranks, tell
outlandish tall tales as if they were true, even make bragging (but
lying) Facebook posts. Some newspapers have two front pages – one
with astonishing headlines, and the other with actual news.

In
other words, today is the Mexican version of April Fool's Day!

Being
only a few days after Christmas, schools are still on vacation; this
holiday encourages everyone to revel in childish (innocent) joy over
joking.

After
a joke is successfully played, the jokester commonly says:

Inocente
palomita,Que te dejaste engañar,Sabiendo que en este
día

Nada se debe prestar.

Innocent
little dove,You
let yourself be fooled,Knowing
that on this dayNothing
should be lent.

Or
the jokester might just say, “Inocente Para Siempre!”
- which means
“Innocent Forever!” in Spanish.

By
the way, this holiday is supposed to be the anniversary of King Herod
killing all the young boys and babies in Bethlehem, in his attempt to
kill Jesus. That's a grim beginning to a holiday of joy and
frivolity!

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